Recent content by Cruisin'n5thgear

Yeah those are miserable numbers. SW OK is a bit better but still a hot summer.

I have an oil pressure gauge but not temperature. Will put that and a transmission temp gauge on the list of new gauges to add. At some point an additional digital gauge stack might be nice to save interior space.

I need to get the warranty in hand to confirm. It's being installed right now in Yuma so I will pick up the completed truck soon. I will be picking up oil from Bostick for three changes, one to be done after 200 miles. He has done one or two already. So the decision point will be a while from...

You said it better than I could have. I value the expertise here and want another set of opinions. Obviously will run his specification during warranty.

Yes I have. All you Astro guys are cool 😎

Thanks for your input sir. I'm a C-17 IP here at the AF schoolhouse. I've followed your aviation content here for some time, thanks for sharing from your experiences and expertise. Definitely a pleasure vehicle, it's a 1 ton drivetrain in a half ton body and I don't use it for much more than...

Full synthetic?

The Freiburger/Finnegan connection is how I found the shop. Thanks for the info!

Most definitely. With the cost of the entire project it just made sense to go roller.

Thanks for the pointers. I live in Oklahoma (Altus AFB) and drive it occasionally, think 1 to 2k miles/yr. Both cold and hot extremes, although single digits to 105 isn't really that bad for a modern oil. I'll have to develop a time-based OCI as I'll never hit mileage. In the past I changed the...

Just got a 460 built for my 77 F-100 and it gets installed this week. Engine shop recommends Maxima Premium 20/50 or equivalent in Joe Gibbs/Lucas. The shop is in Yuma AZ so they are on the warmer end. Also the shop does a lot of work for jet boat applications. I was running HDEO 15w40 in the...

Do you fill through the check port, and how do you know how much to add? I hear that refilling is not straight forward on these transmissions.

Thanks for this post, you saved me from writing a similar one. I'm in a 2022 Yukon XL and have 50k on it right now. Looking at doing either the flush (dealer recommended) or the pan drop and filter change. Looks like I'll pony up the extra $$$ for the pan drop. How much fluid is not changed...